Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 38675, Daniel Dunikin, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Dunikin, Daniel or Donkin
838675
CONTENTS

18. 8192  East Tennessee  Daniel Dunkin
of Green Co in the State of Tennessee who was a Private in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Buchanan of the Virginia line, for the term of 1776 to March 1781.  on Roll.
Inscribed on the Roll of East Tennessee at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 6 of September 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 of Nov. 1822 and Septu John Blair Esq Greenborough. Tenn
  Arrears to 4th of  Sept 1822  287.73    Semi anl. all'ce ending  March 1823  48 —     35 3/4      8 1/4      100  $ 335.73  
280 7.73
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }
2 May 1820
Schedule $151 —
ms 10. page 138
Date of death not as 913

Dan. Danakin
Pair. 111
Col. Beckner's Virginia Regt 1776 - 2 yrs
See R. 11 6 th Sept. 1019 - "Danakin"
* 3 years under subsequent en- listment. - Ret. 11 th July 1821
Declaration of Nancy Danakin for pension
left by Mr. Rhea report to John Blair, Esq. Jonesboro Tenn.
The blank schedule, here with sent, must be filled up, & duly executed, be- fore a final decision can be made on this claim. 16 th June 1820.

Dan. Danakin
Pa.
Col. Buckner's Virginia Regt. 1775 - 2 yrs.
6 th Sept. 1819 - "Danakin"
3 years under subsequent en- listment - Ret. 11 th July 1821
Declaration of Natal Buckner for pension
left by Mr. Rhea report to John Blair, Esq. Jonesboro Tenn.
The blank schedule here with sent, must be filled up, a daily executed, be- fore a final decision can be made on this claim.
16 th June 1820.

State of Tennessee
First Circuit Court Greene County
On the 6th day of September
in the year Eighteen hundred and Nineteen personally appeared before me Edward Scott one of the Circuit Judges of said State the subscriber here Daniel Dunekins aged only seven years of resident of Greene County and being desirous of availing himself of the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons who were engaged in the land or naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war - and after first being duly sworn under oath subscribed the following declaration
that he the said Daniel Dunekins as well as now recollects in the month of January or February 1776 he entered into the service of the country in the continental line of Troops on the Revolutionary war in Abingdon County in the State of Virginia in the company commanded by Capt. Leavelle of the 6th Virginia Regiment commanded by Colonel Buckner for two years that he continued in said Regiment until after the evacuation of Green Island when he was by request transferred to the Seventh Regiment commanded at that time by Col

W. I am, alw of (Augusta County Virginia) in a Company commanded by Captain afterwards Col Joseph Crutchett that he remained in the 17th Regiment until some time after Burgoyne was taken and after Sullivan's expedition after which he returned to Virginia and was then attached to the 1st Regiment commanded by Col Russell & Lieutenant Col Bell in a company commanded by Captain William White - that he remained in said Regiment to the Southward & remained in it until the surrender of Charleston when he was taken prisoner & remained a prisoner from the 13th day of May to the 4th of March following when he was exchanged and then obtained an honorable discharge - that after being discharged and serving in the militia he again served for three years in the continental line  service and at the close of his service in the continental line the discharge which he received was given him by Captain William White which discharge he believes was filed in the Office at Richmond when he drew his pay & he has it not in his possession to produce it that he is in reduced & necessitous circumstances & stands in need of his country's assistance for support Given to you & subscribed before me and they say as per will
Daniel Duncan

State of Tennessee Greene County
Sept. 7 th 1819
I Edward Scott one of the Circuit Judges in & for the State of Tennessee do certify that the within named affidavit was duly sworn to & subscribed the foregoing declaration of that I am satisfied that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of his country's assistance for support
Edward Scott Judge
State of Tennessee First Judicial Circuit
I Valentine Sevier Clerk of the Circuit Court of Law and Equity for Greene County, within the State and Circuit aforesaid, do certify that Edward Scott Esquire whose signature appears to the above certificate, is one of the Judges of the Circuit Courts of Law and Equity in and for the State of Tennessee, And that this signature aforesaid, is in his own proper hand Writing.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name and private seal, (Not having a public seal of office) at office in Greeneville the 11 th day of September 1819
Va Sevier Clerk By M. Payne Dk.

Daniel Dawkins Virginia line for Fort Mifflin July 17th 1780 July 1780
Returned for explanation, as the applicant states that he enlisted early in 1776 for two years on fly, and was present at the Surrender of Charlestown, which occurred in the year 1780.
17 Jan y 1821
John Blair agent Forestborough Edin

1531 35 42 63 83
SCHEDULE.
District of Washington ss. Greene County
On this 23 rd day of October 1820, personally appeared, in open court, being a court of record for the said district [ city , & county, or corporation, as the case may be,] Daniel Donahue aged sixty eight years, resident in Greene County in said district, [ city , county, or corporation,] who, being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows:
That in January or February 1776 in the County of Amherst State of Virginia he enlisted into the South Carolina Regiment of troops of the Virginia Line under Captain Leahy which Regiment was commanded by Col Buchanan and after being reorganized to Seventh Regiment as styled in his original discharges and serving as therein stated was discharged by Gen Lord Shelburne of 18 th Regt. and served for first two and three three years, and was in the Battle of the Clouds of Burgoyne's movements and many other engagements and made an original application for pension on the 6 th Sept r 1819 which is herewith accompanied.
And I do solemnly swear (or affirm as the case may be) that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
  One hundred acres of poor barren land of last quality $ 100   2 cows & calves and 2 yearlings 30   9 small hogs 9   8 sheep 12   $151 
That he has now a wife living, and has had seventeen children eight of which are now living with him and principally small and unable to contribute to their support that he is past manual labour, and never had any trade but that of a farmer, and cannot off the poor spot of land raise a sufficient sum for his support.
Sworn to, and declared, on the 23 rd day of October 1820 in open court before the Justices thereof Daniel Donahue his mark
I, Andrew Patterson clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath (or affirmation) and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court that the total amount in value of the property
exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is one hundred fifty one dollars and cents. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this 16 th day of December 1820
A. Patterson Clerk of the Court for the County of Greene By M c Payne D.C.

State of Tennessee } March the ninth day 1821 Greene County } In explanation of the within declaration
Daniel Renaker appeared before me Hugh D. Dale one of the Justices of Peace for said County and made oath that the first enlistment mentioned by him for two years under Captain Cobell of the Sixth Regiment of the Virginia line was expired before the surrender of Charleston, but that he was in service at that epoch under the second enlistment mentioned by him which was under Capt. Joseph Crockett of the 7th Regt of Virginia line but the disponent did not deem it necessary to particularize his services under the second enlistment, or in the militia, as his service for two years independent of all subsequent services would entitle him to a pension, but again repeats an oath that he served ten years five of which were on the continental establishment - sworn to & subscribed before me this date above written
Signed Daniel his Renaker mark
H. D. Dale Greene County.
State of Tennessee } March the ninth day 1821 Greene County } I do hereby certify that Hugh D. Dale whose attestation appears to the affidavit of Daniel Renaker above, is now & then was an acting Justice of Peace for said County & that full faith is due to the same given under my hand Seal this day and date above written
A. Patterson, Clerk of Greene County Court - By M. Payne D.C.

September 19, 1936
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BA-J/TEL Daniel Dunikin-S.38675
Mr. Melvin H. Schoberlin 959 Ninth Street Denver, Colorado
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Daniel Dunagan(also spelled Dunikin, Dunihan, etc,)who served as a private in Captain Joseph Crockett's Company, 7 th Virginia Regiment, also, under Colonels Alexander McClanahan and William Russell in the Virginia Troops, received a pension and died in Greene County, Tennessee.
The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.38675, based upon the military service of Daniel Dunikin in that war.
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Daniel Dunikin are not shown.
Daniel Dunikin enlisted in Amherst County, Virginia, in January or February, 1776, served as private in Captain Cabell's Company, Colonel Buckner's 6 th Virginia Regiment and in Captain Joseph Crockett's Company, Colonel McClanahan's 7 th Virginia Regiment and in Captain William White's Company, Colonel Russell's Virginia Regiment and in Captain William Mosby's Virginia Company; was at the battle when Burgoyne was captured, in the battle of Monmouth and many other engagements(names of these engagements not given); was at the siege of Charleston where he was captured May 12, held as a prisoner until March following, when he was exchanged; entire length of service, five years.
all service identified
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 6, 1819, at which time he was aged sixty-seven years and resided in Greene County, Tennessee. He signed Daniel Dunikin.
In 1820, he stated that his family then residing with him consisted of his wife, her maiden name and date of their marriage not shown, and eight children, mostly small, and that he had had

seventeen children: no names of any children are given.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Daniel Dunikin(s.28675), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Daniel Dunikin Certificate No.18819 Issued November 15, 1822 Rate $8 per month Commenced September 6, 1819 Act of March 18, 1818 East Tennessee Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

38675
Recy INVALID.
File No. 38675
Daniel Danbin
Pri Rev 1820
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 3 , Page 143
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Sir
Jonesborough December 18 th 1821
In behalf of Mr Donahoe, I again remit you his original declaration & schedule, and for explanation of the difficulty suggested by you would reply that the difference in the writing of his name to his declaration & schedule, is chargeable to myself I wrote his name to the schedule as also the affixation thereon in consequence of his inability to write at the several times, from a palsy or tremor in his hand - this difference is entirely attributable to my error. If this can be admitted his claim will only have to be made out anew as respects his property & effects the county board on full proof of kind & quality have entered discharge their clerk that the total amount of the property exhibited in the schedule is $881.
I would have returned his claim before this time but that I was absent for about three months - and have just returned
Yrs respectfully John Blair

959 Ninth Street, Denver, Colo. August 25, 1936
Director, Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
I would appreciate all information and material you might be able to furnish from the Revolutionary files on Daniel Dunagan (also Dunikin , Dunihan, Dunnaghan, Dunican, Donachan, and Dunnacan). He served as private in Captain Joseph Crockett's company also under Captain Thomas Hill, 7th Virginia Regiment, also designated 5th Virginia Regiment and the 5th and 11th Virginia Regiment, commanded successively by Col. Alexander McClenachan and Col. William Russel (Rossel).
Daniel Dunagan enlisted in Virginia and died in Greene Co., Tenn. His Death was reported from the Knoxville Agency (or he was dropped from the roll) during the period from August 1834 1834 to October 1838. I believe he was pensioned under the act of March 18, 1818.
I desire this material for genealogical records and for DAR qualification and would like as complete a record as possible.
Thanking you, I am,
MELVIN H. SCHOBERLIN
959 ninth Street, Denver, Colo.